Exposed joinery: The joint itself is the detail

A Japanese light luxury wooden furniture with exposed joinery. At the joints of table legs and tabletop, chair back and armrests, the cross-section of the tenon is visible, appearing as a clean, crisp square or circle, fitting so tightly with the surrounding wood that the seam is almost invisible. No hardware or screws are used; the joint relies entirely on the wood itself. The wood grain direction of the tenon differs from the joined component, resulting in a slight variation in color depth, becoming a subtle pattern. Avoid: using exposed metal screws and hardware, completely hiding joints to lose detail, allowing noticeable gaps between tenons and surrounding parts, using fake decorative tenon patches.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一件榫接外露的日式輕奢木家具。桌腳與桌板、椅背與扶手的接合處可以看到榫頭的斷面,是一個乾淨俐落的方形或圓形,與周圍的木材密合到幾乎看不到縫。沒有使用任何五金與螺絲,接合完全靠木頭本身。榫頭的木紋方向與被接的部件不同,因此顏色略有深淺差異,成為一個細微的圖案。避免:使用外露的金屬螺絲與五金件、把接合處完全隱藏失去細節、讓榫頭與周邊出現明顯的縫隙、使用假的裝飾性榫頭貼片。